Outdoors & Nature

Description This book covers the knowledge of shipboard operations required by candidates for professional qualification as Chief Officer and Master Mariner. It deals with the basic routines and procedures, and the many regulations governing their use, for th... More

This major work explores some of the most important questions facing humanity. The author looks to a fundamentally different future—one in which the very notion of progress is differently conceived. This urgently needed vision of a sustainable ‘good society’ must have some historical continuit... More

Compliance with international environmental agreements is essential if they are to be effective. The agreements affect not only lawyers and public policy makers and administrators, but also international business organisations. This volume brings together the research and recommendations of lawyers ... More

Is ALUMINIUM bad for you? What is an ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM? Is there an effective substitute for CHLORINE BLEACH? Answers to these and many other questions are in this invaluable guide to managing a company's environmental performance. It assesses the benefits and risks of hundreds of prod... More

A comprehensive introduction, by one of the world's leading experts, to a neglected and ever more important form of agricultural irrigation --runoff agriculture. Runoff agriculture uses surface and subsurface water and enables small farmers as well as commercial agriculturalists to improve yields an... More

Recent decades have seen a dramatic increase in the impact of the human dimension on earth. Our growing population and economies and expanding technologies are placing more and more pressure on ecosystems such as forests, coastal areas, agricultural land, rivers, lakes and oceans. This book looks at... More

Kamala Markandaya, author of the classic Nectar in a Sieve, published ten novels in all, the last of which appeared in 1982. For the next two decades, till her death in 2004, she lived a life of near anonymity in the outskirts of London. But she hadn't stopped writing; shortly after her death, h... More

Do you respond to the call of the wild? In this unique and compact introduction to adventure sports, Yana Bey looks at rock climbing, sport climbing, camping, trekking, skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, rafting, diving and snorkelling. Each chapter describes the equipment needed for each sport, ... More

Birdwatching is reckoned to be an important tool for initiating the process of inquiry into the natural world. Birds are colorful, full of movement and diurnal. They capture the popular imagination well and are also important symbols of the conservation movement. In today’s context, with natural h... More

This detailed and personalised account introduces the many different kinds of birds that residein and visit the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur. The author also looksback at the history of the Park to narrate the effort of the establishment andalso draws attention to the urgent need to addre... More

This book is a collection of twenty one papers presented during the symposium on ‘Coping with Natural Hazards’ at University of Pune on 5 and 6 October 2001. This very successful symposium, organised by the National Academy of Sciences, outlined the strategies our country should adopt to be prep... More

This book will have your students Learning About Animals in a variety of ways, and having fun doing it. Whether they're coloring, cutting and pasting, matching, or just listening to you read a favorite animal story, they'll be involved with the subject on several levels. Activities help children pra... More

Preface and Acknowledgements / Birds, Birds, Everywhere! / Birds in Indian Culture / Ornithology Through Indian History / Brought in by the Wind: The Wonder of Migration / What good are they to us? Birds in Indian Economy / An Ill Wind Blows: Indian Birds in Danger / The Winds of Change: Conservatio... More

Every human is an incomplete story In Of Man and Earth, Sirsendu Mukherjee intricately weaves a novel where the relationships mirror the tenuous and fragile nature of life in the real world. Trisha and Srinath, trapped in a loveless marriage, seeking some kind of solace from the world around them. S... More

This Schaum's Outline Series book on Electromagnetics gives a complete overview of the subject. A chapter on Optical Wavelengths & Fibres discuses different modes of transmission. The book also gives easy-to-understand explanations of Maxwell's equations, Electronic Waves, Transmission Lines, W... More

Learning About Weather covers concepts that address National Science Education Standards- * There are many kinds of weather. * Weather changes form day to day. * Weather can be described by measurable quantities-Temperature and Wind * Materials exist in different states. * Water can change from one ... More

This book brings together, in one volume, the most important and innovative articles written on the interaction of business and the environment. The contributions by some of the world’s leading business and environmental consultants, academics and practitioners have been selected as the result of ... More